man city & man utd

[berniecuddles]

looking at the last 24 hrs why is it instead of congratulating man city for winning the league people would rather slate off man utd for not winning the league?
oh by the way well done man city, what an afternoon of drama tho!!!

[ELVIS68]

After Ashley Young's diving antics a few weeks ago I'm glad Man City won instead of Utd.

Some people just don't like them because of their arrogance

[Sqad]

bernie....yes. i agree, but life is not like that.

Both in sport and in professional life and particularly with the British public, one feels it necessary to "*** off" the departed champions rather than salute the "new kids on the block."

The Brits don't tend to take to success in any form in life...... tending to be suspicious and scathing.

I am NOT a Man Utd OR Man City supporter, but well done Man City.

[ELVIS68]

It doesn't happen in horse racing sqad

[Sqad]

ELVIS....LOL....but aren't they usually Irish?

[ELVIS68]

We're all one big happy family in racing, even the French horses are hero worshipped

[webbo3]

True Elvis, on the racetrack and in La boucherie.


Dave.

[rowanwitch]

Apparently it was due to problems with injuries during the season according to Sir alex... Surely every side has problems with players being injured it is why you have a squad.., I notice he also commented on City/QPR going into 5 minutes of extra time... when even commentators refer to 'fergie time' its a fitting way for City to win.
Congrats City.. hopefully we can fight you for it next year.

[tonyav]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA LOL LOL LOL LOL.

[Jenk]

The united manager has been on the radio this morning congratulating City on winning the title , he never mentioned injuries or extra time what station did you here him say this on.

[Mick-Talbot]

I heard him moan that City got 5 minutes of extra time


What a Snag !

[rowanwitch]

In the report in metro news this morning and he mentioned the 5mins of extra time on a couple of other interviews. Mostly I think he was pretty dignified and respectful though considering he's not had that much practice of losing over recent years..

[Jenk]

Paper talk

[jno]

"Everybody expected City to win, but they did it against 10 men for half an hour and with five extra minutes to help them," Ferguson said

"I think we have a rich history, better than anyone and it will take them [City] a century to get to our level of history."

Magnanimous loser, then

[Gromit]

We was robbed - Official.

// Manchester United would already be celebrating retaining their Premier League title, rather than preparing to surrender it to Manchester City, if every key refereeing decision had been made correctly this season, a study has shown.

Manchester City will win their first title for 44 years with victory against Queens Park Rangers at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday but thorough analysis of every big decision made by officials has revealed that Manchester United should be four points clear and already crowned as champions. //

http://www.telegraph....er-League-errors.html

Well done City.

[Mick-Talbot]

Does Eamonn Holmes work foe the telegraph too?

[Ric.ror]

My final thoughts on the sad day are this
We were level on points with City
We will add to our squad and unlike City we have younger players who will learn from this (did you see Jones face) and make them more determind next season
City have spent a fortune and probably have a better team at the moment but we still have Sir Alex
So enjoy it while you have it City because its ours and we will have it back next season

[Arksided]

well said Ric.ror. its become a tad boring hearing non-City fans whooping on about it as though it was their victory.

[Ric.ror]

Never forget we were level on points
We missed Vidic and they let Tevez back on a pitch - that on its own was unforgivable

[Arksided]

I never complain about injuries because it is a lame excuse however we have certainly missed our captain this season. Although Tevez has nothing to do with United remember we did drag Scholesy out of retirement ;-)

Amazing to think though that 3 minutes of football changed history.